All Posts: ‘Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed’

More Words of Wisdom from Jeff Bezos

Words of Wisdom from Travis Kalanick

by Scott Edward Walker on October 6th, 2018

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Travis Kalanick, a brilliant entrepreneur and the co-founder and former CEO of Uber.

Words of Wisdom from Sam Altman

by Scott Edward Walker on September 3rd, 2018

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week (or two), we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Sam Altman, the President of Y Combinator and co-chairman of OpenAI.

Words of Wisdom from Jack Dorsey: Choosing Your Investors

by Scott Edward Walker on July 29th, 2018

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Jack Dorsey, Co-founder and CEO of Twitter and Square.

Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs: “No More Negative Folks”

by Scott Edward Walker on May 20th, 2018

Welcome to our weekly series “Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs. Why? Because we know how tough it is being an entrepreneur or founder — and whether you’re launching your startup, trying to iterate on your business model or raising funds, you need a little juice to help you push the ball forward. I hope these videos are a little juice. Cheers, Scott

More Words of Wisdom from Jeff Bezos

by Scott Edward Walker on February 11th, 2018

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon and a truly extraordinary entrepreneur.

Words of Wisdom from Elon Musk: Launching a Startup

Recruiting 101 for Tech Startups via Steve Jobs

by Scott Edward Walker on April 30th, 2017

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a short video clip of a successful founder, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we again present Steve Jobs, who discusses the importance of hiring “A players” (i.e., superstar employees) for your startup. My favorite quote: “I found that when you get enough A players together… they really like working with each other… they don’t want to work with B and C players….” I hope you enjoy it. Cheers, Scott

p.s. Yesterday, I shared a Quora post via Twitter regarding recruiting (see http://bit.ly/2pJdVzX) and the following nugget: “[T]o be a great CEO, you need to find a way to force yourself to be a great recruiter.”

Words of Wisdom From Chris Sacca

More Words of Wisdom from Marc Andreessen

by Scott Edward Walker on November 16th, 2016

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we again present Marc Andreessen, a brilliant entrepreneur, and co-founder and general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.